Easy Rosary Craft for Kids

Catholic ABC’s Week: 23Letter of the week: RTheme: RosarySaint of the Week: St. Rose of LimaCraft: Easy Rosary

This one decade rosary craft is super easy for kids of all ages! This would be a great Catholic craft for CCD class, or any occasion really. This week we made it because we’re learning about rosaries with the letter “R”.

Materials Needed to Make This Rosary Craft:

Pipe Cleaners

Pony Beads

Scissors

I got all of my supplies at the Dollar Tree, so this craft costs only $2 and makes about a million one decade rosaries. 🙂

Start by having your kids string 10 beads of their choice onto a pipe cleaner. (If you’re trying to conserve materials for a large number, half a pipe cleaner will work). This is super easy for everyone, especially small children, because pipe cleaners are stiff so the stringing is easy.

Bring the pipe cleaner around in a circle and twist it shut.

String on one more bead for the “Our Father”.

Cut off the extra piece and twist it around to make

the cross. Trim with scissors where needed.

These were super fun and easy to make. Chances are, your children will want to make several! 🙂 I love the one we shaped into a heart!

We were teaching my 4 year old grandson how to pray the rosary and he whispers to me (in adoration) “Nana, where does the guardian angel go?” So, I just had him insert it in the place where we would do the “Glory Be”. 🙂

I made these rosaries with my junior high RE class on Prayer & Worship this week. I was hesitant that my students might think they were a little too juvenile, but they were perfect because making them kept their hands and minds focused while we talked about the Rosary in general, then when they were done we were able able to pray the single decade. My class is very short and we would not have had time to make a more complicated rosary and last year they were so distracted by untangling the classroom rosaries that they lost focus; this project was perfect. I have also done this project with my 5 year old with much success. Thank you for this and all of your ideas!

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